Kiddies at the pool rant....

Funny story, K.

Obviously the woman has neither a clue nor a brain in her head. I would certainly bring this to the attention of the facility's management (maybe email 'em a link to this thread).

She may not have been aware of the family locker room. If you see this again, just say in an innocent, helpful way "Oh, there's a family locker room right down the hall with private changing areas." If you get flack, the next move is to go to the management.

As to Mom's handling of things, well it's obvious you were simply unable to appreciate the extent of little Johnny's cuteness, or that his curiousity is much more important than your desire to  be comfortable in a clean locker room.

Mom was either trying to keep from screaming, or she's incapable of acting as if her kids are anything less than perfect.

I have little ones and I wouldn't be caught dead with them in any locker room but the family one. In a hot tub? That's insane.

I said the exact same thing to my boyfriend last night when I was ranting to him about it! LOL! Maybe we are sisters....

Before going in to the pool there was a girl with her two sisters and her mom in there. Well, you know those little spinny baskets to dry out your bathing suit? One of the girls was standing on the bench next to it, leaning on it with all her weight (which activates it) the ENTIRE time I was getting ready to go swim. It was still running when I headed out there! I sooo wanted to lecture her about a) not burning out motors that are only meant to run for a few seconds at a time, b) respecting things that aren't hers, c) paying taxes for stuff like that. Argh!

I have to admit, I got a good laugh out of the kid ripping one. Like you said, always always always funny. My smile quickly turned when you got to the peeing part. Should've given him a swirlie to teach him a good lesson!

Comment overheard from 7 y/os in the locker room a short while back:

Kid 1: Check this out. I have the coolest undies EVER!!!!

Kid 2: Oh! Those are awesome! Can I wear 'em?

The other nite I was swimming in a lane next to a mom who had her 5 (or so) y/o daughter there playing on a floaty noodle thingy. About half way down, the water got noticeably warmer and only for a short stretch before it cooled off again. I can tell when they're heating the pool and that wasn't it. Although there wasn't any discoloration and (disgusting part) it didn't taste any different, for the rest of my laps I couldn't shake the thought of swimming through pee. That is, until I remembered I grew up swimming in the Mississippi River. The girl's cannonball right in front of me (aimed for her mom) wasn't tons of fun either, but just because it shocked me half to death!

Didja ever play with lizards as a kid? Y'know what happens? Well, I was too worried about that to pick him up!!!! LOL!

Soooo, did kid 1 let kid 2 borrow his undies?! LOL! That's hilarious. Kids can be either fabulous or horrible and there's not much in between. (Indicator #256 you shouldn't have kids yet... you consider them mostly horrible).

EEWWWW...always wear flip flops

Along the same lines there were a bunch of kids playing some sort of basebal game inthe pool involving hitting tennis balls with kick boards.  Nothing like dodging flying tennis balls while doing a fromer swim.  At least they weren't peeing on the pool deck....

What a story. My pool has a notice posted that prevents children under age 3 (of the opposite sex of the dressing room used) from using the dressing room. Now, given that, the sort of mother who doesn't blink when her adorable tot is doing a hoochey dance, passing gas, or relieiving himself would not think this sort of rule could possibly apply to her little darling.

This is the exact reason I swim at 5:30 a.m.

Uh, looking at your avatar... I think most children as well as adults would obey you... Big muscley dudes in lime green shorts are a little unsettling.

For the first time I recently swam on a Saturday at the Rec Center.  Maybe I’m finally approaching adulthood.  I had the last lane adjoining the play area at the pool and had to tell the rugrats what the lane lines were for – to keep them from getting hurt in my lane!

Then in the locker room the 11 year olds were using the shower bay as their private water park.  Every shower on hot so they could run in circles through 12 showers screaming like 2 year olds.  I intentionally took the middle shower and turned off each adjacent shower and peeled off the speedo.  Scared ‘em to death that I would be in the shower nekkid! J  As I left to dry and change, they decided they were done and decided to get out and leave all the showers on.  I think I turned red in the face I was sooo annoyed.  I walked over and told them to get in there and turn off the showers and clean up their mess before they left the locker room.  I was disappointed they didn’t lip off, even a little  

I’m done swimming on Saturday’s, but I’ll never, ever chance leaving my jeans, t-shirt, and sneakers in a locker without a padlock!

Fun thread. 

Heard in the pool locker room recently:

Male child:  Hey, I need a clean diaper.

Mom: Ok, go get one out of my bag in the locker.

Now, I may be old fashioned, but if a kid can ask for diaper... isn't he a little too old for a diaper?    I guess I should just be happy that he understood what a diaper is for and didn't pee on the floor like the kid in Kim's locker room. 

HAHA farts are funny, pee is not funny.

At the pool Monday, the kids all came to swim inside due to a storm.  As I got down to the shallow end while swimming laps, the water became noticeably cloudy due to sunscreen, dirty feet, and other kid ickiness. Ew. Thank goodness for chlorine.  I did cut my swim a little short tho, it was grossing me out.

Indication #432 you aren't ready for kids....